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Computer Sales!
If you are interested in building a computer through Eric-Tech, Please click the "BUILD IT!!" button above.
Benefits of upgrading a computer vs buying new namebrand
Whenever
people ask me about computers, they inevitably ask me about
"well, what
about so-and-so brand? (Dell, Gateway, Compaq, HP, Toshiba?) ...I hear they're pretty good!"
A lot of my expertise comes
from working in either customer service or electronics in the retail world,
and another part of it is the computer work I've done over the years... and having seen which
brands come back to
the stores, often known as "claims" computers or defectives, and which
ones break down the most in peoples' homes.
Many times the hard drive goes out, or the power
supply fails (which can cripple or destroy the rest of the system)
or
is inadequate for upgrade needs (adding an extra drive of any kind), or the motherboard stops
responding the way it should, and your system creeps to a halt.
What I do that's different:
I've been building computers since 1998.
I know from experience what type of power needs are necessary for computers, what types
of
video cards are available, and by discussing with you your personal computing needs, can build
your next machine to last for many years to come!
Consider for a moment that most Dell, E-Machine and HP/Compaq and/or other
namebrand computers come with onboard video which means it is on
the
motherboard and is shared with the available
system memory.
(So if you have 512 megs of memory, it usually subtracts 128
megs, leaving your system
with 384 megs of available system memory. Likewise if your system has 256 megs of memory, the base minimum that computers
are set to have/use for video is 64 megs.
You're already out of memory, and it explains why your computer might be slow trying to catch up!)
Most older (since 2002 or earlier) computer companies have until recently shipped computers with only
256 megs of memory for the computer, taking
your average computer down to 192 megs of usable memory -
most of which Windows
is using!
The computer systems I build all use the new PCI-E format video cards. The minimum I start people with for memory is 1 gig, 2 gigs if
using the dreaded Windows Vista (which I don't recommend). I buy many of my computer component parts at PcClub in Salem Oregon.
Are you ready to build?
If so, then please click my Build It! page and let's get started!